Chu-chou

See also: chūchǒu, Ch'u-chou, and Ch'ü-chou

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 株洲 (Zhūzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Chu¹-chou¹.

Pronunciation

• enPR: jo͞oʹjōʹ

Proper noun

Chu-chou

1. Alternative form of Zhuzhou
   • 1956, 梁仁采 [Liang Jen-ts'ai], 广东经济地理 [Economic Geography of Kwangtung]‎^[1], Peiping, →OCLC, page 47:

     Along the middle section of the Canton-Hankou railroad, which is located in Chu-chou in Hunan Province, the railroad is connected with the Chechiang-Chiangsi railroad to reach the nation's largest city - Shanghai.

   • 1973, Chiao-min Hsieh, ATLAS OF CHINA‎^[2], McGraw-Hill, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 170:

     Two rail lines have been planned to connect Kuei-yang with Chu-chou in Hunan and K'un-ming with Ch'eng-tu via Hsi-ch'ang in Szechwan.

   • 1975, Peter J. Seybolt, editor, The Rustication of Urban Youth in China‎^[3], published 2015, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 148:

     The town of Chu-chou in Hunan Province, carrying out the great directive of Chairman Mao that "educated youths must go to the villages," has put into practice factory-commune links, and under the leadership of cadres, has made a collective settlement of educated youths in commune and brigade farms, forest areas, and tea plantations.

Translations

Zhuzhou — see Zhuzhou

Further reading

• “Chu-chou”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Chu-chou”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.